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“The form 990 is prepared and reviewed by the treasurer for accuracy and then circulated to the full board for discussion and comments prior to filing.”

“Officers and directors as well as their spouses, domestic partners, parents, children and siblings annually complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstances in which he or she is involved that could contribute to a conflict of interest. This policy is reviewed annually by the board of directors.”

“The executive director's compensation was negotiated directly by the board of directors with the executive director. Based on form 990's for similar organizations, the amount of remuneration is modest relative to the time and effort expended on behalf of the foundation by the executive director. There was contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision in arriving at the annual compensation amount for the executive director.”

“"grand performances" - grant to grand performances to underwrite an artistic research trip for the institutions director of programming to visit the transmusicales and bars en trans festival in rennes, france as well as attend three other festivals in other french cities. This research is meant to develop relationships with performers and their professionals so as to book the performers to appear in los angeles in summer 2018 and future summer concerts. Grand performances is southern california's premier presenter of free performing arts. "skirball center" - grant to the skirball cultural center to help fund a musical performance by the caribbean blues trio "delgres" who sing most of their songs in french or in creole. The grant supported the "delgres" performance as a part of the 2017 sunset concerts at the skirball cultural center. The skirball cultural center sponsors educational programs in literary, visual and performing arts from around the world.”